Catalogue-labeling machine.



S. J. BEAUCHAMP. CATALOGUE LABELING MACHINE.

Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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CATALOGUE LABELING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED .ILILY 31,19I6- Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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STONEWALL J BEAUCHAMP, or LITTLE RocK, ARKANSAS.

CATALOGUE-LABELING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 'Ma .20, 91

Applicationfiled July 31, 1916. Serial No. 112,259.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S'roNEwALL J. BEAU- CHAMP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented ing the number of a new and useful Improvement in Catalogue- Labeling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanism for pasting labels on catalogues, and has for its object to provide an improved and simplified machine for feeding'the catalogues one at a time past the label pasting mechanism,

automatically pasting 'a label upon each catalogue as it passes, automatically countcatalogues labeled, and finally delivering the finished catalogues to a mail bag or other collection receptacle.

A special object is to provide label pasting mechanism which may be adjusted to adapt it for applying labels to catalogues of 5 grooves in the surface of the several views.

various thicknesses. Another object is to simplify and generally improve the driving means'for the catalogue'conveyer and label pasting mechanism. Other objects will ap- "pear as the description'proceeds.

be first hereinafter de-' The invention will scribedin connection with the accompanying drawings which constitute part of this specification and then more specifically deifined in the claims at the end of thedescription.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to des parts. throughout the ignate corresponding Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine constructed substantially in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a broken view of the label afliX- ing mechanism drawn to a larger scale,and

Fig. 3 is a detailed cross section of the apron leading from the paste applying roller to the feeding rollers, showing the sharp apron for preventing the paste from being removed, as the labels move over said apron. The operating mechanism is mounted on a table 1 and consistsessentiallyof a motor 2, an endless conveyor 3 for feeding the cat; alogues, label pasting mechanism mounted on a vertically adjustable frame 1, and means for driving said conveyer and label pasting mechanism from the motor. illustrated, the driving shaft of the motor is fitted with a worm 5 meshing with a worma shaft 7 suitably jourhand end of the table 1.

gear 6 carried by naled at the right The shaft7 also carries two spr0ckets 8 and 9, the latter being smaller than the former. The conveyor 3 is preferably made in the form of a sprocket one end of the table and an idle sprocket 10 at the other end of the table. Another idle sprocket 11 is 'journaled'at the same end of the table as the shaft 7 and is arranged on the same level with the sprocket 10. chain conveyor 3 is also passed over the sprocket 11, whereby the upper bight of the chain is supported in a horizontal position.

chain which is operatlvely passed over the driving sprocket 8 at The- The chain 3 has brackets 12 fastened thereto at intervals for withdrawing the cata logues 13 one at a time from the bottom of a pile 14 at the left hand end of the table, and for impelling said catalogues along the horizontal-upper bight of the chain.

The vertically adjustable frame 4 is preferably mountedat about the center of the table and'has a shaft 15 suitably journaled in its lower portion and carrying two sprockets 16 and 17. A sprocket chain 18 is operativelypassed over the sprocket 16 and also around the driving sprocket-9 on the shaft 7. Another sprocketch'ain 19 is passed around the sprocket 17 on the shaft 15 and also around a sprocket 20 on the shaft 21 journaled in thefupperpart of the adjustable frame 4:. It will thus be seen that the shaft 21 will'be driven through the sprocket 20, chain 19, sprocket 1'7, shaft 15, sprocket 17, chain-18, sprocketj9, shaft 7 worm gear 6 and wornr'5 on thedriving shaft to the motor. It will also be noted that theframe t may be raised and lowered by means of the gear 22' and rack 23 without interfering with the driving connections just mentioned.

A paste re ceptacle 24 is mounted on the upper end ofthe fraineeand is adapted to contain a quantity of paste 25, Fig. 2. The shaft 21 extends "through the paste receptacle'24 an d'carriesa ,roller26 which dips into the paste'25 and carries a filmy coating thereof on its periphery up to the top of the casing or box 24, a suitable slot or opening 27 being formed in the top of said box to permit the periphery of the tend upward flush with the top of thepasteboX. A presser roll 28 is arranged above the roller 26 and is driven by a gear 29 meshing with a gear 30 on the shaft 21 for feeding the labels-Blone at a time over the roller 26 roller 26 to exe which applies the paste thereto. A pile of labels may be conveniently placed on the left hand end portion of the top of the box 2%, and one of the labels taken off of the pile and introduced between the rollers 26 and 28 by the operator at suitable intervals. After the label is placed between the rollers 26 and 28 it is conveyed to and pressed upon the catalogue automatically.

From the opening or slot 27 in the top of the paste box, an apron 32 leads downward to a pair of feed rollers 33. The upper surface of the apron 32 has sharp grooves 34% formed therein for preventing the paste from being wiped off of the labels as they pass along said apron from the rollers 26 and 28 to the feed rollers 33. Said feed rollers are geared together as at 35 so that they will rotate in opposite directions, and the upper one of said feed rollers is driven through a gear 30 meshing with a gear 37 carried by the shaft 21.

The catalogues 13 impelled by the brackets 12 along the upper bight of the conveyor 3, pass directly below the lower one of the feed rollers 33, and the labels after having paste applied thereto by the roller 26 are fed onto the upper surfaces of said catalogue as they pass below the feed rollers. The labels are pressed firmly and smoothly down upon the catalogue by a roller 38 carried by a hinged frame 39. The roller 38 may be weighted or forced downward in order to exert a sufficient pressure upon the labels for insuring said labels being permanently affixed to the catalogues.

To automatically count the number of catalogues which are run through the machine, a register 40 of any suitable construction may be mounted on the table between the label pasting mechanism and the delivery end of said table. Said register may be provided with a tripping arm a1 adapted to be raised for actuating the register each time the catalogue passes below said arm, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. After passing below the register tripping arm 41, the catalogues are discharged from the right hand end of the table into a mail bag 4:2 or other suitable collection receptacle. The mail bag may be conveniently supported upon a fixed bracket arm 43 as'shown at the right of Fig. 1.

Having thus describe-d my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a table, of a conveyer mounted thereon, a vertically adjustable frame, a rack on the side of said frame, a gear mounted on the table and meshing with said rack for moving the frame vertically with respect to the table, and label pasting mechanism carried by said frame.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a conveyer for catalogues, of means arranged above the path traveled by the catalogues on the conveyer for feeding labels to said catalogues as they pass below said feeding means, means for applying paste to the labels before they reach the feeding mechanism, and an apron for guiding the labels from the paste applying means to the feed mechanism, extending from the paste applying means to the feed mechanism, said apron having sharp grooves in its upper surface for the purpose specified.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a conveyer for catalogues, of means arranged above the path traveled by the catalogues on the conveyer for feeding labels to said catalogues as they pass below said feeding means, means for applying paste to the labels before they reach the feeding mechanism, an apron for guiding the labels from the paste applying means to the feed mechanism, extending from the paste applying means to the feed mechanism, said apron having sharp grooves in its upper surface for the purpose specified, and a roller for pressing the labels onto the catalogues after they pass below said feeding mechanism.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a conveyer for catalogues, of a frame vertically adjustable with respect to said conveyer, a paste box carried by said frame, a paste applying roller arranged in said box and having its upper face flush with the top thereof, a presser roll cooperating with the paste applying roller, feeding rollers also mounted on the frame just above the path traveled by the catalogues on the conveyer, an apron for guiding the labels from the paste applying rollers to the feeding rollers, and means for driving all of said rollers in any adjustment of the frame.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a conveyer for catalogues, of means for pasting labels on said catalogues as they are moved along by the conveyer, and means actuated by the catalogue as it is moved along for automatically counting said catalogues before they leave the conveyer.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination with an endless conveyer for catalogues, of means for pasting labels on said catalogues as they are moved along by the conveyer, a vertically adjustable frame carrying said label pasting means, whereby the machine is adapted to operate upon catalogues of different thicknesses, and means for driving said label pasting mechanism in any adjustment of the frame, said driving mechanism including a sprocket on the frame, a driven sprocket arranged substantially on the same level therewith but at a distance therefrom, and a sprocket chain connecting said sprockets.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination With a sprocket chain for conveying catalogues, of a driven shaft, a sprocket carried by said shaft for driving said conveyer chain, means for pasting labels on the catalogues as they are moved along by the conveyer chain, a frame Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,

vertically adjustable With respect to said conveyer and carrying the label pasting means, and means for driving said pasting mechanism in any adjustment of the frame, said driving mechanism including a sprocket 15 on the frame, another sprocket on the driven shaft, and a sprocket chain connecting said latter sprockets.

STONEVVALL J. BEAUCHAMR by addressing the Comm Washington, D. G.

issioner of Patents, 

